Measuring 2024 NFL Draft success through three rounds

Even with four rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft yet to happen, it is possible to name the teams that are NFL Draft winners.

An early conclusion can be made because it is widely accepted that NFL teams use each Draft's top 100 picks to select future NFL starters. Some in the top 100 are believed to have the potential to be year-one starters, but all the top 100 are believed to be potential starters by their second or third season.

Outside the top 100 players, NFL teams are seeking roster depth. There are exceptions in which late-round picks achieve NFL success but it happens infrequently.

Given the above premise, let's measure what SEC teams have succeeded in the 2024 NFL Draft.

SEC Football Teams with 2024 NFL Draft Top 100 Players

Alabama Crimson Tide Top 100 Players (6)

• Round 1 - No. 7, OT J.C. Latham; Round 1 - No. 17, EDGE Dallas Turner; Round 1 - No. 24, CB Terrion Arnold; Round 2 - No. 41, CB Kool-Aid McKinstry; Round 2 - No. 57, EDGE Chris Braswell; Round 3 - No. 80, WR Jermaine Burton
  
  

Georgia Bulldogs Top 100 Players (6)

• Round 1 - No. 13, TE Brock Bowers; Round 1 - No. 18, OT Amarius Mims; Round 2 - No. 34, WR Ladd McConkey; Round 2 - No. 42, CB Kamari Lassiter; Round 2 - No. 58, SAF Javon Bullard; Round 3 - No. 89, SAF Tykee Smith

Texas Longhorns Top 100 Players (5)

• Round 1 - No. 16, DT Byron Murphy; Round 1 - No. 28, WR Xavier Worthy; Round 2 - No. 38, DT T'Vondre Sweat; Round 2 - No. 46, RB Jonathan Brooks; Round 2 - No. 52, WR Adonai Mitchell

LSU Bengal Tigers Top 100 Players (4)

• Round 1 - No.2, QB Jayden Daniels; Round 1 - No. 6, WR Malik Nabers; Round 1 - No. 23, WR Brian Thomas Jr.; Round 2 - No. 48, DT Maason Smith
  

Missouri Tigers Top 100 Players (3)

Round 1 - No. 27, DE Darius Robinson; Round 2 - No. 61, CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr.; Round 3 - No. 91, LB Ty'Ron Hopper

Texas A&M Aggies Top 100 Players (2)

• Round 2 - No. 45, LB Edgerrin Cooper; Round 3 - No. 97, DT McKinnley Jackson

Kentucky Wildcats Top 100 Players (2)

• Round 3 - No. 70, CB Andru Phillips; Round 3 - No. 72, LB Trevin Wallace

Oklahoma, Florida and South Carolina had one player each in the Top 100. They were first-rounders: No. 29, Oklahoma OT, Tyler Guyton; No. 31, Florida WR, Ricky Pearsall and No. 32, South Carolina WR, Xavier Legette.

Six SEC football programs had no Top 100 players drafted: Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

Because of Kalen DeBoer, the Washington Huskies must be included. DeBoer's 2023 team had seven Top 100 players selected. Alabama football fans are loving it.

Note: NFL Draft data provided by nfl.com